The Brief from WABE

MARTA continues to have difficulties getting ridership and its workforce up; How Georgia communities are using federal funds to clean up transportation in minority communities; and Donald Trump's influence on the modern day GOP in the state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Biden and Trump agree to a Georgia debate; why Memorial Day could be a Metro Mess; and a Georgia Supreme Court case gets way more attention thean it ever before. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jimmy Carter's grandson shares an update on how the former president's doing in hospice care; Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis is up for re-election and facing challengers, including in the Democratic primary next week; and the race to replace outgoing Republican Congressman Drew Ferguson is one of the few competitive U.S. House races in Georgia. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

The GBI uses a new law to add heat to a decades-old cold case; another new law makes it easier for third-party candidates to appear on Georgia's ballot; and the Hawks get first pick in this year's ...underwhelming...NBA Draft (que the slow claps). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A GOPer who voted nine times illegally while serving a sentence is voted out of the state party leadership; U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga) is still ticked about your late mail; and meet the young Georgia student who defines success by spelling the word better than you can. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State GOP leaders want more answers about a special prosecutor's relationship with Fulton County's DA; Are Cobb County's newly-drawn legislative lines in-line with the state Constitution? Eh. SCOGA rules it's a cute question, but one they didn't feel they should answer; and.... the survey SAYS? Emory's president needs to go--although the University administration isn't so certain. See omnystudio.c...

Trump's Georgia trial delayed as SCOGA agrees to hear challenge; Georgia's MTG finds a cold reception from House colleagues as she tries (again) to remove the House speaker; and Music Midtown goes "on hiatus." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georiga gets a budget; Kemp vetos a dozen provisions; and they City of Atlanta settles a civil rights lawsuit and pays the family of a church deacon tased to death $3.8-million. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"No Patient Left Behind" provision gets Gov. Kemp's signature; the ACLU sues on behalf of Georgia's deaf and hard-of-hearing populations; and the "Rent Is Too Damn..." low? No. Nobody said that ever. But the rent is lower than it was at the height of the pandemic. Sot that's good. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted a California man for making death threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis; Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has announced several key leadership changes in his administration; New legislation in Georgia bans so-called foreign agents from buying certain land in the state.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it comes to bird flu, nothing to see here folks... keep moving; Climate change is likely to cause lots more people to move to Atlanta--too bad we won't have the infrastructure to support everyone; and an influx of cash means some lead water pipes might be replaced with safer materials. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Florida's stricter abortion ban takes effect, even fewer options exist for Georgians; Georgia could get its first ever national park; and a young athlete cashes in on young athletes cashing in. How name, image and likeness (NIL) is making some young sports stars into millionaires. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How many GOPers running for Congress in one Georgia district believe Donald Trump won the 2020 Presidential election, and not Joe Biden? All of them [which is the incorrect answer]; Remember when Georgia Power said its two new nuclear reactors would be online, heating up steam to generate as much power as you could think of? Neither do we, it's been so long. But, the last one went online this week...

Demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war continue at Georgia's colleges and universities; Early voting for the upcoming election is underway; and the reason the conditions are so bad at the Fulton County Jail? [An answer that surprises absolutely no one] Overcrowding. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Governor Brian Kemp signed more than 100 pieces of legislation into law this week, including bills dealing with the online and personal safety of Georgia's kids; Protestors have returned to the Emory University campus this evening, after police arrested more than 2 dozen demonstrators yesterday; WABE business reporter Marlon Hyde speaks with U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su. See omnystudio.com/listen...

Demonstrators and police clash on Emory University's campus; Gov. Kemp signs an anti-squatting bill into law; and Arizona follows Georgia with indictments of 'fake electors' and former Pres. Donald Trump. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A federal judge lambastes a Georgia prison for its violation of a court order; commercial real estate prices struggle in Atlanta and beyond; and two historic Atlanta theaters serve as home for the 48th annual Atlanta Film Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Legislation signed by Governor Brian Kemp will make it easier to open rural hospitals; Supporters of independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. say they have enough signatures to get on the ballot in swing states, including Georgia; WABE’s environment reporter Marisa Mecke explains how neighborhood groups and nonprofits are working together to tackle the complex cases of pollution. See...

Southwest Atlanta might once again see emergency medical care; Gov. Brian Kemp signs a slight tax decrease into law; and with one decade under its belt, Kennesaw State University's football team moves on up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been threatening for weeks to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson over his support for sending more aid to Ukraine; At a town hall, nearly all of Fulton County's candidates for sheriff said they do not support the construction of a new, nearly 2-billion-dollar jail; Georgia Power is set to expand a natural gas power plant to meet a spike in e...

Goergia's controversial 2021 voting law overhaul, SB 202, is in court this week; The Postmaster General is defending changes by the U.S. Postal Service that have led to delayed and missing mail in Georgia; On this week’s On Leadership with Atlanta Business Chronicle, host Crystal Edmonson talks with Christine Whitaker, president of Comcast’s Central Division See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

The New York trial could set the stage for how former president Donald Trump’s election interference case eventually unfolds in Georgia; Atlanta-based music producer Rico Wade, part of the groundbreaking producing team known as Organized Noize, has died; Georgia's process for compensating people exonerated for wrongfully convictions has once again failed those it's meant to help. See omnystudio.co...

Latest data from the U.S. Postal service reveals mail delivery delays continue across Georgia; Many of Georgia's drinking water systems may have to be cleaned up or could be in violation of new federal rules; And the AJC's Leon Stafford reports former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill has been making waves in local politics since recently getting out of prison, See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

A special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones for his activities after the 2020 election; Controversial Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says U.S Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has offered her an advisory role; And this week's How Do You Atlanta looks at a celebration of pasta, music, and Atlanta’s artists. See omnystudio.com/listener...